Overdoses Surging Simply because Of Fentanyl ‘Hidden’ In Other Medication
A Bloomberg report shines a mild on “concealed” fentanyl in drugs these kinds of as Adderall and cocaine. Fox News warns that fentanyl and a “extra unsafe” type of meth are driving homelessness. Other information stores go over drug use in California youths, Milwaukee, and elsewhere.
Bloomberg:
Fentanyl Hidden In Phony Adderall, Cocaine Push Surge In US Drug Overdoses
Covid-19 helped pave the way for fentanyl’s ascent. Pushed into boredom and isolation by the pandemic, lots of Us citizens turned to unlawful medicine – and in 2020 and 2021, more people today than at any time have been killed by fentanyl. (Court, Campbell and Lin, 12/13)
Fox Information:
Fentanyl And A Much better Type Of Meth Now Driving American Homeless Disaster
A much better and far more perilous edition of methamphetamine and fentanyl are serving to push America’s homeless disaster, with customers speedily slipping into debilitating addiction and psychological illness that makes it difficult for them to operate in modern society. (Lee, 12/13)
CalMatters:
California Fentanyl: The Youth Overdose Crisis
Expect a ton of debate in excess of how California ought to react to the state’s mounting fentanyl epidemic when state lawmakers return to Sacramento early subsequent yr. Costs working with the super-strong synthetic opioid are already piling up, a lot of of them centered on youth in the wake of a spectacular assessment that observed fentanyl was liable for 1 in 5 deaths amid 15- to 24-12 months-outdated Californians in 2021. (Hoeven, 12/9)
The New York Times:
Fentanyl Cuts A Bitter Swath By means of Milwaukee
Glenda O. Hampton does not need to have to glimpse considerably to witness the devastation of the fentanyl epidemic in her community on Milwaukee’s north aspect. She has located guys lying on the suppress, barely aware, their legs splaying into the avenue as autos whiz by. She can rely at least a few people in current months who sought cure at the storefront rehabilitation middle she operates, then relapsed and died from utilizing fentanyl. “I’ve observed a whole lot of horrible prescription drugs,” mentioned Ms. Hampton, 68, a little determine seated guiding her crowded desk, as a group counseling session was underway down the hall. “This is the worst.” (Bosman, 12/12)
The Washington Publish has a special report on the scourge of fentanyl —
The Washington Publish:
Washington Faltered As Fentanyl Gripped America
In the course of the previous seven several years, as soaring portions of fentanyl flooded into the United States, strategic blunders and cascading mistakes by successive U.S. administrations permitted the most deadly drug disaster in American background to come to be drastically worse, a Washington Put up investigation has discovered. (Miroff, Higham, Prosperous, Georges and O’Connor, 12/12)
The Washington Publish:
What To Know About Fentanyl, The Main Result in Of U.S. Overdose Deaths
Fentanyl, a effective painkiller formulated virtually 60 several years ago, is at the middle of the deadliest drug epidemic in American record. More men and women have died of artificial-opioid overdoses than the range of U.S. military staff killed throughout the Vietnam, Iraq and Afghanistan wars put together. Fentanyl is now the top result in of demise for People in america ages 18 to 49. (Vitkovskaya and Kan, 12/12)
The Washington Submit:
From Mexican Cartel Labs To U.S. Streets, A Deadly Fentanyl Pipeline
Fentanyl’s catastrophic surge came soon after the Drug Enforcement Administration cracked down on the excesses of the U.S. opioid industry. Hundreds of thousands of Individuals who had grow to be addicted to prescription soreness supplements out of the blue discovered them tough or not possible to get. (Kan, Miroff, Higham, Rich and Remmel, 12/12)
The Washington Write-up:
How A DEA Agent Tracked A Town’s Fentanyl Crisis To The Sinaloa Cartel
The meth was highly-priced. The federal brokers have been operating out of revenue. They experienced been shopping for loads of medication in undercover operations, seeking to trace the pipeline of methamphetamine and fentanyl into this sleepy city of retirees, out-of-town hikers and Mormon churches. (Sieff, 12/13)
The Washington Submit:
How A Essential U.S.-Mexico Alliance Fell Apart As Fentanyl Took Off
The small American surveillance airplane took off from a Mexican navy foundation in Baja California and flew high across the Sea of Cortez. Charting a program for the Sierra Madre mountains — cartel territory — the plane did not look on any flight trackers or general public logs. An orb-shaped unit about the dimension of a beach ball was mounted on the fuselage, bristling with sensors and antennas. U.S. agents called it “the sniffer.” (Sheridan and Miroff, 12/12)
In other news about the opioid disaster —
AP:
CVS, Walgreens Finalize $10B In Settlements In excess of Opioids
CVS and Walgreens have agreed to shell out point out and local governments a mixed complete of a lot more than $10 billion to settle lawsuits more than the toll of opioids and now want to know by Dec. 31 irrespective of whether states are accepting the deals. States introduced remaining specifics Monday of settlements that the two most significant pharmacy chains in the U.S. available very last thirty day period. (Mulvihill, 12/12)
